About the Game
[Update on PROJECT CARS 3. All product sales will end on: August 24th, 2025 23:59 UTC. Please note that times may vary by region. If you bought the game digitally it will remain in your library and can be redownloaded in the future. Any DLCs purchased before August 24th, 2025 23:59 UTC will still be available to use after this date. The game’s online modes will also remain active until February 24th, 2026.]
OWN YOUR JOURNEY
• 200+ elite-brand race & road cars
• 120+ global tracks
• Wide set of race conversion kits
• Race to earn Credits & XP
• Buy & own 100s of cars
• Upgrade cars with realistic performance parts
• Customize your car liveries with racing- & community-inspired elements
• Personalize your drivers
FEEL EACH MOMENT
• Fully scalable assists for all skill levels
• Convincing & fun handling
• 24-hour cycle, dynamic all-seasons, all-weather racing
• Unrivalled Controller Experience
• Visceral sense of speed
• Intense crash effects & car-contact
• Enhanced AI
EARN EVERY WIN
• New & deeply engaging career mode
• Battle your way up from weekend warrior to racing legend
• New & compelling Multiplayer and Community Modes
• Fun & exciting Daily Challenges
Version Information
Steam Patch Notes
Official update history
On the site: Build 11758112
Up to date
Thanks for playing Project CARS 3! We hope this latest update will improve your playing experience.
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Online
- Issue with online players moving at different times during rolling starts fixed with automatic race delay countdown
- New lobby browse flow
- New post-race flow in MP
- Fixed host assist settings for all MP participants
- Fixed an issue that caused MP options to become inactive after reconnecting ethernet cable
GUI
- Fix for Photo Mode vignette effect
- Fix for pressing the “Hide HUD” button during the post-race spectating sequence
- Fix for when you hit “0 attempts left” in Rivals Mode and the Race button wasn’t greyed-out
- Fixed button to toggle between loaner and owned cars being labelled as "0" in vehicle select
- Fix for decals being replaced while applying decals in certain slots and scrolling through decal placement options
- Fix for highlighting the GT Open tab causing the Road E class picture to appear
- Disabled the “Resume” button when Photo button pressed
- Changed sort order of proximity arrows
- Added number of attempts left in Rivals to pre-race menu and pause menu
- Fixed the track loading screen background flashing at the beginning of the “Welcome to” screen
- Improved framerate during video playback
- Fixed a crash exiting replays
- Updated to the latest Nissan logo
- Missing skip tutorial label in Brazilian Portuguese and Neutral Spanish added
Career
- Fix for cars not unlocking when user levelled up without leaving post-race screen, interrupting Career progression (this fix retroactively corrects any profiles which were affected by this issue).
Physics
- TrueForce initial implementation. Implementation uses haptic thread to provide high-frequency procedural waves for the rumble effects
- Modulated TruForce slip rumble based on surface wetness
- Fine tuned slide threshold for TrueForce
- Fixed TrueForce curb rumble at speed
- Fixed rolling start discrepancy when TC is enabled.
Characters
- Fixed female character 1
Environments
- Willow Springs Horse Thief Mile: Removed “rallycross” tag that was making cars pick the dirt tyre option in all-weather conditions
- Mojave: Fixed various holes in the terrain
- Fuji: Sponsor updates for the track
- Azure Coast Full: Fixed the AI turning abruptly after the finish line in the post-race screen
- Knockhill National: Adjusted corridors further out onto the track surface
- Knockhill National: Fixed the AI contacting the edge of the barrier when attempting to squeeze past slow or stopped cars
- Sakitto National: Slowed AI lap times 2-3 seconds at Legendary
- Zolder: Fixed a flickering glass window issue
- Monument Canyon B: Fixed the 32nd grid spot being slightly in front of the 31st
- Yas Marina: Fixed various LOD popping on track
- Zhuhai: Fixed some tree rendering on the track
- Hockenheimring GP Classic: Fixed some trees popping
- Added Bahrain to the track list
Vehicles
- Fixed crash when user applied a racing conversion kit to the last car in their garage
- 2015 Ford Mustang GT Racing: Made interior dark grey instead of white
- Honda Civic Racing: Made interior dark grey instead of white
- Mercedes A45 TCR: Made interior dark grey instead of white
- Caterham 620R + Racing: Tyre update to stop colour popping when selecting factory livery
- BMW M6 GT3: Tyre fix to stop logo popping at distance
- Removed exceptions for McLaren P1 GTR, now all custom rims can be chosen
- Honda 2&4: Fixed missing animation for accelerating and braking
- Audi R8 LMP900: Edited front suspension to avoid clipping with bonnet
Thanks for playing Project CARS 3! We hope this latest update will improve your playing experience.
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Online
- Crash during shut down when the game browser is refreshing resolved
- Online Reputation: Improvements and various fixes
- Inability to lose Online Reputation from the Profile resolved
- Fixed crash when simultaneously pressing “Delete” and “Back” keys on a saved Style before selecting “Yes” to the dialogue box
- Steam MP breaking when minimising window during load-to-race fixed
Rendering
- The replay of the player’s vehicle continuously in ghost form after the user re-spawns and appears in ghost form to view a replay, resolved
- Water-spray headlight, opacity, and colour tweaked
- Fixed various corruption on console issues after prolonged play
- Fixed corrupt-looking start lights when racing
GUI
- Fixed players no longer being registered for any Scheduled Event if they choose to play a replay
- Game returning to splash screen when accessing EULA after Invite resolved
- Added widget to access store in-game to allow acquisition of additional content
- Fixed crash when simultaneously pressing “Delete” and “Back” keys on a saved Style before selecting “Yes” to the dialogue box
- Added the garage button in Career screens
- Players prevented from selling cars while game is generating Thumbnails to avoid a crash and UI disappearing
- Fixed crashes when setting passwords in the lobby screen
- Fixed various crashes when saving replays on consoles
- PS4: Fixed username to show when not online/signed in
Career
- Fixed the Jerez Clock Watcher Event difficulty
Vehicles
- KTM X-Bow R: Adjusted callipers and suspension to avoid clipping with upgrade rims
- Ford GTLM: Re-enabled LODA chassis damage
- BMW 2002 Racing: made the driver seat wider to avoid clipping with character
- Fixed various broken wheel rim blurs
- The boost “200 HP Hybrid Boost” still remaining equipped to the 2016 Ford Fiesta OMSE Supercar Lites in race, even if player has set Boost back to “No Hybrid Boost” within Upgrades resolved
- Fixed rain drops not appearing on certain custom liveries
- More accurate vehicle windscreen reflections enabled
Wheels
- Default wheel deadzones across all platforms now matched.
- Steering deadzone removed from consoles to reduce vagueness around centre
Tracks
- Added Yas Marina
- Nurburgring sponsor updates
- Adjusted various pre-race cams to resolve flickering
VR
- Numerous tweaks and fixes
- Disabled depth of field in main menu when in VR and triple screen
- Fixed the in-game special effect audio that vanishes when waking the Oculus Rift after leaving it to enter standby mode during a race
- Fixed user being able to access Photo Mode in the garage in VR mode while using a gamepad
- Various Additional Miscellaneous Fixes
Thanks for playing Project CARS 3! We hope this latest update will improve your playing experience.
* Fixed double audio when quitting during the 3-2-1 pre-race countdown
* Toned down red crash vignette
* Fixed clouds popping-in during races
* Fixed shiny vinyls when using gloss base
* Fixed random shadow flickering in-game
* Fixed Player Label corruption upon restarting a race
* Improvements to Replay Mode UI
* Fixed inability to select anyone below P12 in Spectator Mode
* Tuning button in Pre-Race Menu now shows the name of currently-selected tuning setup
* Tuning button disabled in Rivals
* Fixed screens not showing "Blizzard" weather type
* Weather info made consistent throughout all screens in-game
* Enabled Photo Mode in replay
* Default colours to be used by patterns (black, white, grey) assigned
* Added on-screen hint for how to take a photo in Photo Mode
* Improved player label visuals for online / offline experience.
* Background now scales with text.
* Fixed fonts on Player labels on restarting a race
* Lap counter on point-to-point tracks hidden
* Subtitles stuck in races fixed
* Increased Difficulty for Road E
* Increased Road D Hot Lap 3 target time
* Increased Road D Pace Setter 2 target time
* Increased Difficulty for GT C & GT B
* Adjusted Race Length for GT C Race 5
* Adjusted Race Length for GT B Race 5
* Adjusted difficulty for Challenges Championships to match other changes
* Adjusted number of corners to master in GT A Majors Long Beach from 10 to 9
* Fixed invalid lap-time during rolling starts at Havana Capitolio
* Fixed issue where the car lost all its customisation and appeared red in the 2nd round of the championships in Career
* Always use player’s choice for gearing when in Quick Play and Scheduled Events assigned
* Player now returns to lobby when quitting out of Spectator Mode
* Rivals event participation rewards increased
* Fixed a crash when tuning the Jaguar XJ220 and the McLaren F1
* Fixed crash when user selected replay from a customisation screen on re-entering from a replay
* Fixed crash when last "My Style" was removed
* Fixed customisation rims size crashing if moving between vehicles with different number of available sizes
* Fixed crash when entering "Deal of the Day" via the career
Formula E:
* GUI logo, vehicle name, and country flag updated
* DS Techeetah team livery updated
* Championship livery added, set as new default livery
* Logitech wheels issues on PS4 fixed
* Support added for Thrustmaster T-GT
* Profanity filter for system messages removed
* Improved performance on high "super sampling"
* Triplescreen settings UI improvements
* Fixed triplescreen configuration issues on frontend
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Audio
* Fixed double audio when quitting during the 3-2-1 pre-race countdown
Rendering
* Toned down red crash vignette
* Fixed clouds popping-in during races
* Fixed shiny vinyls when using gloss base
* Fixed random shadow flickering in-game
GUI
* Fixed Player Label corruption upon restarting a race
* Improvements to Replay Mode UI
* Fixed inability to select anyone below P12 in Spectator Mode
* Tuning button in Pre-Race Menu now shows the name of currently-selected tuning setup
* Tuning button disabled in Rivals
* Fixed screens not showing "Blizzard" weather type
* Weather info made consistent throughout all screens in-game
* Enabled Photo Mode in replay
* Default colours to be used by patterns (black, white, grey) assigned
* Added on-screen hint for how to take a photo in Photo Mode
* Improved player label visuals for online / offline experience.
* Background now scales with text.
* Fixed fonts on Player labels on restarting a race
* Lap counter on point-to-point tracks hidden
* Subtitles stuck in races fixed
Career
* Increased Difficulty for Road E
* Increased Road D Hot Lap 3 target time
* Increased Road D Pace Setter 2 target time
* Increased Difficulty for GT C & GT B
* Adjusted Race Length for GT C Race 5
* Adjusted Race Length for GT B Race 5
* Adjusted difficulty for Challenges Championships to match other changes
* Adjusted number of corners to master in GT A Majors Long Beach from 10 to 9
* Fixed invalid lap-time during rolling starts at Havana Capitolio
* Fixed issue where the car lost all its customisation and appeared red in the 2nd round of the championships in Career
Online
* Always use player’s choice for gearing when in Quick Play and Scheduled Events assigned
* Player now returns to lobby when quitting out of Spectator Mode
* Rivals event participation rewards increased
Crash Fixes
* Fixed a crash when tuning the Jaguar XJ220 and the McLaren F1
* Fixed crash when user selected replay from a customisation screen on re-entering from a replay
* Fixed crash when last "My Style" was removed
* Fixed customisation rims size crashing if moving between vehicles with different number of available sizes
* Fixed crash when entering "Deal of the Day" via the career
Vehicles
Formula E:
* GUI logo, vehicle name, and country flag updated
* DS Techeetah team livery updated
* Championship livery added, set as new default livery
Peripherals
* Logitech wheels issues on PS4 fixed
* Support added for Thrustmaster T-GT
PC Only
* Profanity filter for system messages removed
* Improved performance on high "super sampling"
* Triplescreen settings UI improvements
* Fixed triplescreen configuration issues on frontend
Current Release
Build 11758112
Uploaded Oct 12, 2026
System Requirements
OS
N/A
CPU
3.5 GHz Intel Core i5 3450 or 4.0 GHz AMD FX-8350
RAM
8 GB RAM
GPU
GTX680 or equivalent
How to Install
1
Download all files
2
Extract the .ZIP file to a folder (use WinRAR or 7-Zip)
3
Run pCARS3.exe to play
Troubleshooting tips
• Run Redist/_CommonRedist installers if game won't start
• Add folder to Windows Defender exclusions
• Run as administrator
Download
Direct link available
Archive password
Needed when extracting (WinRAR / 7-Zip) — not a site login.
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